Audio Igbo-English Dictionary
Below is a collection of Igbo words listed alphabetically and spelled with their tone marks. Multiple variants of the same word can be listed to account for multiple dialects. Also several homograms (different words with the same spelling) exist in Igbo language. These are indicated with superscript numerals. To hear a word's prononciation, click it to see more information.
ọ̀bị́bịá arrival
ọ̀chá clean, white
ọ̀chị́chá ripening
ọ́dụ̀ tail
ọ́fiá bush
ọ̀fọ́ scepter
ọ̀fụ́má well
ọ́fụ́ụ̄ new
ọ̀gànírú progress
ọ́gọ̀ in-law
ọ̀gọ̀ favor
ọ́gụ̀ hoe
ọ́gụ̄ score
ọ̀gụ̀ fight
ọ̀gbọ́1 dance floor
ọ̀gbọ́2 age group
ọ́gwụ̀ witchcraft, medicine
ọ́hụ́rụ̄ new
ọ̀jà flute
ọ́jị́ kola
ọ́jị̄ kola
ọ́jọ́ọ̄ bad
ọ́kà maize, corn
ọ́kụ́ hot, heat, fire, electricity, light
ọ̀kụ́kọ̀ chicken
ọ́kpà foot, leg
ọ́kpụ́pụ́ bone
ọ́kpụ́zọ̀ road
ọ̀kwà guinea fowl
ọ̀lọ̀má orange
ọ́lụ́ work
ọ́má beautiful, good
ọ́nọ̀dụ̀ situation, place, condition, state
ọ́nụ̄ mouth
ọ́nụ́ áfiā price
ọ́ṅụ̀ joy
ọ́nwá month, moon
ọ́nyá wound
ọ́nyà trap
ọ̀rà community
ọ́rịà sickness
ọ́sị́ị̄sọ̄ quickly
ọ́tọ́ standing
ọ̀tọ́ nakedness
ọ̀tụ̀rụ̀kpọ́kpọ́ woodpecker
ọ̀tụ́tụ́ many
ọ́yà sickness
ọ̀yị̀ friend
ọ̀yị̀-nwáànyị̀ girlfriend
ọ̀zọ́ another, again